Arya Udry
Professor
Planetary Science, Igneous Petrology, Meteorites.
Office: LFG 204
Phone: (702) 895-1239
Geology BS and MS: University of Lausanne, Switzerland, 2008/ 2010
Geology Ph.D.: University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2014
Email: arya.udry@unlv.edu

Gabriela Motta
M.S. student
Research: Martian meteorites, melt inclusions
Office: TEC 100
Geology B.S.: University of Nevada Las Vegas (2022)
Email: mottag1@unlv.nevada.edu

Piper Irvin
Former Undergraduate student. Graduated in Spring 2025.
Now MS student at UNLV in hydrogeology
Research: Martian geology, XCT analyses

Dolce Rebuli
Former Undergraduate student. Graduated in Spring 2025
Research: Martian geology, XCT analyses

Amanda Ostwald
Former Ph.D. Candidate. Graduated in Fall 2023
Now postdoctoral Fellow at Smithsonian Institute
Research: Nakhlite Meteorites, Martian meteorites, thermodynamical modeling, Planetary Geology
Geology B.S.: University of Texas at El Paso (2017)

Evan O’Neal
M.S. student. Graduated in Spring 2022
Now X-ray scientist at NASA Johnson Space Center
Research: Melt inclusions and isotopic compositions of poikilitic shergottites
Geology B.S.: Towson University (2019)

Amber Taylor
Former Undergraduate student
Research: Shergottite petrogenesis (NWA 12241)
Geology B.S.: University of Nevada las Vegas

Rachel Rahib
Former M.S. Student. Graduated in Fall 2018
Now highschool teacher in CCSD
Research: Poikilitic shergottites, Quantitative textural analyses
Geology BS: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2016

Zoë Wilbur
Former Undergraduate student (Honors student thesis). Graduated in Fall 2017
Now Postdoctoral researcher at the Smithsonian Institute

Logan Combs
Former M.S. Student. Graduated in May 2018
Now USGS scientist
Research: Poikilitic shergottites, Planetary petrology,
Geology BS: University of Tennessee, 2014

Dara Laczniak
Former Undergraduate student. Graduated in Fall 2016
Now assistant professor at Queens College